HYBRID PATHWAYS// SHARED HISTORIES
Hybrid Pathways// Shared Histories
Overview:
The project started in fall 2023 and is set to run until fall 2024. It aims to utilise innovative technology to enable teenagers and young adults to focus deeply on a crucial part of modern history, the time period 1939 and 1945 and give them the opportunity to share their findings through a tour they create. This project aims to create a new approach to studying the Holocaust both in Latvia and in Germany, and to develop a tour from a perspective that is not commonly available in memorial culture.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Exchange:
The project features two groups of teenagers and young adults, one in Berlin and one in Riga, working independently to create a tour through their city. Aided by AR and VR technology and international experts, participant draw both upon historical sources and family and local history to create an immersive experience. In addition, over the course of the project, the groups will visit each other’s city to build international relationships and receive feedback on their tours.
Participants from both Riga and Berlin took part in a three-day workshop which introduced to storytelling techniques, VR-technology utilisation, and effective management and navigation of social media. The groups in both cities meet regularly, tour memorial sites, visit museums and archives, and studying history both individually and as a group.
Key Partners:
- European Academy Berlin (Europäische Akademie Berlin), Germany
- Blickwinkel Tour Nurenberg, Germany
The project “Hybrid Pathways // Shared History” is running with the support of the program YOUNG people remember by Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ).
